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& +3 VOLUME 95, NUMBER 41 ET rE SOI ET Pa I SAAT pT AT ST = ns nei tn Te 2%... ABT Rr RT y THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1982 a e.L KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAH rT i Mountaineer Days Begin Here Thursday Kings Mountain area citizens will celebrate Mountaineer Days Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The celebration is being held to raise money for Toys For Tots, a program of the local Ministerial Association and Fire Department which provides toys for needy children at Christmas. There is no admission fee to any of the Mountaineer Day events. However, the fire depart- ment will be selling concessions and will accept donations to Toys For Tots. The three-day celebration will kickoff Thursday at 7 p.m. with a Revolutionary War costume contest at the vacant lot on Mountain and Cherokee streets (beside Griffin’ Drug). Rev. Eric Faust, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will give the invocation. Mayor John Moss will give a talk on the founding of Kings Mountain and the “Lincoln County Pardners”, a bluegrass group, will provide special enter- tainment. Winners of the costume con- test will represent the city in the annual Christmas parade. Judges for the costume con- test include Gary Stewart of the Kings Mountain Herald, Jerry Bedsole of WKMT Radio, Richard Barnette from the Kings Mountain Merchants Associa- tion, Louise Roberts from the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Frances Caveny, representing the general public. Jonas Bridges of WKMT will be master of ceremonies. Friday’s activities will include the annual Kings Mountain High School homecoming parade at 4 p.m. and the homecoming game against North Gaston at 8 p.m. at John Gamble Stadium. Several activities are schedpl- ed for Saturday, running from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. There will be a car show all day in the Sample Yardage park- ing lot. Registration will be held at the fire department from 8 un- til 9-a.m. Frank Burns, chairman of the car show, said he expects bet- ween 30 and 40 cars from the Carolinas. There is no admission but persons attending may vote for their favorite car for a penny a vote. Entry fee is $5 per car. Trophies will be given to the winers. “These people have taken years to rebuild these cars and it will be a show worth seeing,” said Burns and co<hairman Robert Dodge. One of the feature cars will be “The Nitram Special”, a 1971 Chevrolet con- vertible by Jack Reynolds of Salisbury. There will be a craft fair, spon- sored by the Back Porch, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the National Guard Armory. There will be an all-day hot- dog sale at the fire department. Food Bank Lends A Helping Hand With the ever-increasing rise in unemployment, more and more people are turning to ministers in the Kings Mountain area for assistance. One way the ministers can help during this time is by offer- ing food through the Kings Mountain Ministerial Association-sponsored Food Bank, which operates three days a week at the Community Center. : The Food Bank began here several years ago as part of the Helping Hand Fund, which of- fered not only food but payment of utility bills, emergency fuel | and other items for persons fac- ing a crisis. ai Due to lack of f although ministers do work through their local congrega- arger demands, all assistance exe 3 cept food has been eliminated; United Way tions and other agencies to take care of the other needs. The Food Bank is backed financially by the Kings Moun- tain United Way, which pro- vides about two-thirds of its budget costs, and by local chur- the lone staff member at the Turn To Page 4-A Diane’ Davis is treasurer and funded mostly from the United Way. The annua drive is underway in Kings Mountain with a 1983 goal of : $66.000. Bloodmobile Visit Nets 250 Pints Kings Mountain had its most successful bloodmobile ever Monday at First Baptist Church, producing 250 pints for the Blood Bank. Goal for the visit was 150 pints. There were 290 persons offer- ing blood. Forty were deferred. There were 46 first time donors and 65 people signed up for the new VIP program, pro- mising to give blood at least four times in a 12-month period. The bloodmobile visit was sponsored by the community and area industries. $160,696.82 For Streets KM Gets Money The City of Kings Mountain has received $160,696.82 in Powell Bill funds. The money, allocated by the State of North Carolina’s Highway Funds, must be used for the maintenance, construc- tion and reconstruction of local city streets. The funds are the result of a 1 38 cent tax on each gallon of motor fuel sold in the state. The program began in 1951. The 3 8-cent increase is a portion of the three-cent gas tax increase approved under Governor Hunt’s “Good Roads” program. Preaching Mission Set At Central Methodist The annual Preaching Mis- sion was begun one year ago by a member of Central United Methodist Church. Its purpose is to bring annually to Kings Mountain a noted and outstan- ding minister of the evangelical tradition. Last year Dr. Dennis Kinlaw was the guest minister. This year Dr. Wallace D, Chappell, senior minister of First United Methodist Church, Charlotte is the visiting minister. Dr. Cahppell will preach at Central Church, Sunday- Tuesday, October 10-12. He will be speaking each night, 7:30 p.m., on the theme “The Quest For the Best”. Sunday night his sermon will be “The Heart”. Monday it will be “The Hand”. And Tuesday night he will preach on “The Home” Monday and Tuesday 12:00 Noon ser- vices he will teach from the Psalms. A light lunch will be served at the Noon teaching ses- sions. Sunday night, 6:30 p.m., DR. W.D. CHAPPELL there will be a “covered dish” © dinner. The Chancel Choir will sing each night under the directin of Mrs. Linda Dixon. There will be a nursery for pre-school children at each ser- vice. naa doce dade de dies de oid That program resulted in an addition $11.8 million in Powell Bill funds. The total amount of allocations this year was $43,060,114.93, which was shared by 462 municipalities. The city of Charlotte received the biggest «= allocation, $5,252,960.85 and the town of Falkland in Pitt County received the smallest check, $1,675.14. Mayor John Moss said the ci- ty is plesed to receive the funds and will use them for re- surfacing and maintenance of streets, as well as curb and gut- tering, paving, improving traffic control defices, obtaining right of ways and utility relocations on eligible streets. “Of course, we'll also be conti- nuing to work on our street im- provement program through funds approved in the city budget as well as the Powell Fund allocations,” Moss said. The allocations are based on population and the amount of non-state local street mileage. New Lights Are Approved Grover Town Council Mon- day night approved the installa- tion of 10 new street lights, giv- ing the town’s light system 70 lights. Four will be placed on Main Street along the Southern Railway tracks. Mayor Bill Mc- Carter said the town will have to obtain permission from the railroad to install those lights. In other action, the board: *Approved purchase of gasoline for city vehicles from Powell’s Chevron “Station. The - cost will be $130.8 for unleaded gasoline and full-service. The town had been paying $1.26.9 at Turn To Page 12-A Kings Mountain has a popula- tion of 9,032 and 54.48 miles of certified non-state mileage. The town of Grover received $12,574.42, based on a popula- tion of 599 and 5.88 miles of non-state street mileage. HOMECOMING COURT - One of these five young ladies will be named KMHS Homecom- ing Queen Friday during halftime of the The “Southern Days” band will perform from 11:30 a.m. un- til 1 p.m. at the lot beside Grif- fin’s, and the Cherryville Shooters will give a musket demonstration from 12 until 1 p.m. Free hot air balloon rides will be held at the fire depart- ment from 1 until 4 p.m. Local church choirs will sing from 7 until 9 p.m. Choirs to per- form include Faith Baptist Church, David Baptist Church, Penley’s Chapel Church, Macedonia Baptist Church and Second Baptist Church. All three days, a group of mountaineers from Belmont and Charlotte will be camping in the triangle area near the National | n= HOD E soc Q <Q nw no { . \ = uz 5.0 I: oH ~ 0 3K NO P- Ed OReri © | oa» <i oo . i | jo) = < Guard Armory. T ing demonstratio and tomahawk th... .. us. Anyone interested in entering the costume contest or car show, or needing any other informa- tion about Mountaineer Days, should contact Gene Tignor, Ronnie Hawkins, or Pete Peter- son at the Kings Mountain Fire Department. Anyone needing in- formation on the craft fair should contact Denise Falls at the Back Porch. Any persons with old toys to donate to Toys For Tots may br- ing them to any of the Moun- taineer Days activities. Ted Huffman Resigns Public Works Position Ted Huffman, Public Works Director for the City of Kings Mountain, has announced his resignation effective October 8. Huffman, who has held the position for the past five years, plans to begin his own construc- tion business. “I've enjoyed working here and feel like I have contributed some positive things to the Public Works Department and the progess that has been made in the city,” Huffman said. Huffman, who did not miss a day on the job during his five years as director, carried out several successful projects. Dur- ing his five years here, the city perience because there are so many things involved in public works.” Mayor John Henry Moss said a replacement for Huffman will not be named in the near future. “The foremen of the respec- tive departments will have charge of those departments for the time being and report direct- ly to the Mayor,” Moss stated. “We appreciate the good job Ted has done for the city and we wish him well in his new ven- ture.” Moss said Jerry King, Direc- tor of the Economic Develop- ment Commission, has taken over the duties of Codes Direc- Kings Mountain-North Gaston football game KMHS Homecoming Friday Kings Mountain High School will have its annual homecoming parade and football game Fri- day. The parade will begin at 4 p.m. through the streets of the ci- ty. The lineup will include. a number of floats prepared by KMHS clubs, and will feature the Homecoming :@ Court and sponsors of senior football players. Members of the court include Penny Sanders, representing the Auto Mechanics Club; Lisa Smith, representing the BETA Club; Jerri Patterson, represen- ting the Chorus; Heather : tor, a job. Huffman had been do- TED HUFFMAN industry for the city. Other members of the com- mittee are Ollie Harris, Mickey Corry, Moss, Larry Hamrick, George Thomasson, Charles Hamilton, Gary Whitaker, Dan- ny Blanton, Jerry King, Daniel Dilling, Ruby Alexander, W.S. Fulton III and Darrell Austin. “With economics as they are, I can’t project a date when we'll be re-opening the Economic Development Office,” Moss said. “The Industrial Committee has served well and I'm quite hopeful it will continue the. in- dustrial development of our area.” at Gamble Stadium. Left to right are Lisa Smith, Donna Wright, Jerri Patterson, Heather Crowley and Penny Sanders. Crowley, representing FCA; and Donna Wright, representing the Pep Club. The Queen will be crowned during halftime of the: game between the Mountaineers and North Gaston. Other homecoming nominees Turn To Page 3-A
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